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<blockquote data-quote="DeerCamp" data-source="post: 5758129" data-attributes="member: 21011"><p>There are some unknown number of factors that go into making a good shot, and you can mess up 1 or a few and still kill a deer, or mess up the wrong one and totally miss.</p><p></p><p>The last time I missed a mature buck, I had a misfire. I had already had a misfire out of that box of American Whitetail during target shooting. Figured it was a fluke. It wasn't.</p><p></p><p>Rifle misfired. Instead of just recocking it, I ejected the shell, which fell down and smacked wood. The buck looks up and trots off. I put another shell in and this time when I look up, my contact had shifted and now instead of 1 crosshair I see 3, along with 3 deer bodies. I aimed at the middle one, rushed at the shot and saw him flinch. Later got a picture of him and I had apparently shot right into the top 1" of his back and left a pretty good scar.</p><p></p><p>I could make the argument that it wasn't my fault the contact shifted. Maybe it also wasn't my fault that the deer heard the ejected shell hit the one piece of wood on the ground below me.</p><p></p><p>But it was absolutely my fault for assuming that a misfire was a fluke. Will never make that mistake again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DeerCamp, post: 5758129, member: 21011"] There are some unknown number of factors that go into making a good shot, and you can mess up 1 or a few and still kill a deer, or mess up the wrong one and totally miss. The last time I missed a mature buck, I had a misfire. I had already had a misfire out of that box of American Whitetail during target shooting. Figured it was a fluke. It wasn't. Rifle misfired. Instead of just recocking it, I ejected the shell, which fell down and smacked wood. The buck looks up and trots off. I put another shell in and this time when I look up, my contact had shifted and now instead of 1 crosshair I see 3, along with 3 deer bodies. I aimed at the middle one, rushed at the shot and saw him flinch. Later got a picture of him and I had apparently shot right into the top 1" of his back and left a pretty good scar. I could make the argument that it wasn't my fault the contact shifted. Maybe it also wasn't my fault that the deer heard the ejected shell hit the one piece of wood on the ground below me. But it was absolutely my fault for assuming that a misfire was a fluke. Will never make that mistake again. [/QUOTE]
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